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https://ift.tt/Fiwd95W The International Cricket Council Chairman Jay Shah will contemplate strict action against Bangladesh if they do not agree to tour India for the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup 2026, ICC sources said on Friday. The sources said the ICC Chairman is in Dubai for the final call on the issue. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had earlier requested that the ICC shift their ICC T20 World Cup matches outside India to Sri Lanka, citing "security and safety concerns" for its players. There has been some strain in India's ties with Bangladesh over rising incidents of crimes against minorities in the country. Last year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had asked Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release pacer Mustafizur Rahman from their Indian Premier League 2026 squad amid growing demands in India, following atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh. It is after Mustafizur's removal from the IPL that BCB started expressing concerns abo...

https://ift.tt/n93LrNI A woman in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district made biryani for her husband. The key ingredient was powdered sleeping pills. After the husband slipped into a slumber, the woman called her lover to the house, before the pair smothered the sleeping man to death. This bizarre incident unfolded in Guntur's Chiluvuru village, police said.  Initially presented as a natural death, the case has led to the arrest of both suspects, following a forensic examination that revealed that the man had died after being suffocated. The victim, Lokam Shivanagaraju, was killed by his wife, Lakshmi Madhuri, and her lover, Gopi, according to police investigations. Madhuri had been involved in an extramarital relationship with Gopi for an unspecified period prior to the crime. On the night in question, Madhuri prepared biryani laced with powdered sleeping tablets and served it to her husband. Once Shivanagaraju had consumed the meal and fallen into a deep sleep, she summoned Gopi...

https://ift.tt/RIWbfpP This month has seen the release of two Hindi films, Ikkis and Border 2, both dedicated to the Indian officers and soldiers who participated in the Battle of Basantar against Pakistan in 1971. Directed by Sriram Raghavan, Ikkis (meaning 21) focuses on the life of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal of The Poona Horse.  In addition to Second Lt. Khetarpal and Lt. Col. (later Lt. Gen.) Hanut Singh of The Poona Horse, another officer, confronted the Pakistani troops directly in his Centurion tank. Major (later Brigadier) Amarjit Singh Bal commanded 'B' Squadron of The Poona Horse during the battle, successfully securing the Jarpal bridgehead across the Basantar river.  Major Bal was conferred with the Maha Vir Chakra, the second-highest wartime gallantry award, in recognition of his service and bravery in the 1971 war. Furthermore, he held the rare honour of having served alongside two recipients of the Param Vir Chakra during his career: 2nd Lt Khetarpal in ...

https://ift.tt/hZqib0o US officials on Thursday presented their vision for a "New Gaza" that would turn the shattered Palestinian territory into a glitzy resort of skyscrapers by the sea, saying the transformation could emerge in three years. The war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel, left much of the Palestinian territory damaged or destroyed and forced most of its residents to flee their homes. A US-brokered ceasefire took effect last October, reducing the level of bombing and fighting, but for most Gazans, the humanitarian disaster has endured three months on. "We're going to be very successful in Gaza. It's going to be a great thing to watch," President Donald Trump said while presenting his controversial "Board of Peace" conflict-resolution body in Davos. "I'm a real estate person at heart... and I said, look at this location on the sea. Look at this beautiful piece of property. What it could be for so ...

https://ift.tt/475f1wT A 34-year-old actor and producer has approached police in Maharashtra's Sangli district alleging that he was cheated by composer and filmmaker Palash Muchhal of Rs 40 lakh, police said on Thursday. No First Information Report has been registered in the case so far. Vidnyan Mane, a local resident, on Tuesday submitted an application seeking an FIR against Muchhal to the Sangli Superintendent of Police, an official said. As per the complaint, Muchhal met Mane in Sangli on December 5, 2023. As Mane showed interest in investing in film production, Muchhal said he could invest in his upcoming project 'Nazaria' as a producer, the complainant claimed. After the film was released on OTT platforms, Mane can earn a profit of Rs 12 lakh on an investment of Rs 25 lakh, Muchhal told him, and also offered him a role in the film, the complaint alleged. The two met twice after that, and Mane allegedly gave a total of Rs 40 lakh to Muchhal as of March 2025. The ...

https://ift.tt/R592Zfq India has not missed the artificial intelligence (AI) bus and there are several opportunities available for the country's companies, which can help enterprises make use of the technology at scale, Wipro Executive Chairman Rishad Premji has said. Speaking exclusively to NDTV CEO and Editor-In-Chief Rahul Kanwal on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Premji emphasised that the people most at risk of losing their jobs because of AI are those who do not adopt the technology. AI fluency, he insisted, is going to be critical for any kind of employment going forward. To a question on what AI will bring in 2026, the Wipro chairman said organisations will leverage the technology more and more to serve their businesses and their customers.  "I think the language models don't have enough context and in-depth understanding of the workflow of individual organisations... So there's a huge opportunity in infusing specific context...

https://ift.tt/0542ElK Citizens exhibiting a disregard for cleanliness, especially in public places, is a topic of intense discussion in India. The passenger trains often witness the worst side of Indian travellers who litter without a care and unload the responsibility of maintaining sanitation on the authorities. While debates about the lack of civic sense continue, the North East region of the country has once again led from the front and highlighted how a progressive society should operate. Shared on Instagram by a user named @daily.passenger, the widely shared video shows passengers on the Aizawl-Guwahati train taking personal initiative to keep their surroundings clean. They were seen diligently collecting their waste in bags, demonstrating a high level of civic awareness without needing reminders or enforcement from the authorities. "People were tying their waste in small bags and hanging them neatly beside their seats. No announcements. No instructions from the railways....